Reza Amirkhani ( fa, رضا امیرخانی; born 16 May 1973) is a contemporary

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. He started writing in high school with the ''Ermia'' novel. He has studied

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...

and is a graduate of

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET; fa, سازمان ملی پرورش استعدادهای درخشان ''Sāzmān-e Melli-ye Parvareŝ-e Este'dādhā-ye Deraxŝān'', or ''SAMPAD'') is an Iranian organizatio ...

; he also writes essays and researches about scientific & social problems. There are also ''Dastan-e-Sistan'' and ''Nasht-e-Nesha'' written by him that describe some social problems and their solutions. ''Man-e-oo'' (His Ego) is one of Amirkhani's most well-known works, having been reprinted 38 times. It has been translated into Arabic, Russian, and Turkish. Reza Amirkhani and Sayyed Reza Salehi Amiri by Tasnimnews01

Reza Amirkhani and Sayyed Reza Salehi Amiri by Tasnimnews01

Works

* 1996:''Ermia'' * 2000:''Naser Armani'' (Armenian Nasser- 11 Stories) * 2002:''Az Be'' (From - To) * * 2003:''Dastan-e-Sistan'' (about ten-day travel with the supreme leader of ''Iran'') * 2005:''Nasht-e-Nesha'' (an article about Iranian brain drain) * 2008:''Bi Vatan'' ("Homelandless") * 2010:''Sar-Lohe-Ha'' ( His notes in Louh website) * 2010:''Nafahat -e- naft'' (an essay about oil management) * * * 2012:''Gheydar'' (Kedar) * 2018:''Rahesh'' (An essay about Management and development of urban imbalance) * 2021: ''A Half of One-Sixth of Pyongyang'' *

Awards

* Reza Amirkhani's work "Salvation" ("Rahesh"), about the effects of urban expansion on a young couple living in Tehran, was named best novel at the 11th ''Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards''. * For his work "Salvation," Amirkhani was nominated for the Islamic Revolution Artist of the Year award in 2019.

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Author's website
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Home-less-ness: a novel by Reza Amirkhani

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